Notable Alumni

Wesleyan graduates are successful in every profession imaginable, including law, science, medicine, business, politics, and the creative arts. They are often leaders and innovators in their fields (see extended list). Here are just some of the University’s many prominent alumni:

Robert Allbritton ’92—Publisher of Politico; chairman and CEO of Allbritton Communications

Lael Brainard ’83—Member, U.S. Federal Reserve's Board of Governors; former undersecretary for International Affairs, U.S. Treasury Department

David Brancaccio ’82—Host, Marketplace Morning Report

David Brewster ’95—Co-founder, COO, and president of EnerNOC, Inc., the Energy Network Operations Center

Linda Brinen ’88—Director of structural biology, Sandler Center for Basic Research in Parasitic Diseases, University of California, San Francisco

Ethan Bronner ’76—Managing editor for international government, Bloomberg; previously deputy national editor The New York Times, helped edit a series of articles on al Qaeda that were awarded the 2001 Pulitzer Prize

Laman Gray Jr. ’63, MD—Leader in the fields of cardiovascular surgery and development of artificial hearts and circulatory support systems; implanted the world’s first self-contained artificial heart, the AbioCor

Mike White ’92—Screenwriter and television producer (Chuck & Buck, The Good Girl, School of Rock, Nacho Libre, Enlightened); director (Year of the Dog)

Bradley Whitford ’81—Film and television actor (The West Wing—Emmy Award, Billy Madison, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Cabin in the Woods, Trophy Wife, Saving Mr. Banks, Brooklyn NIne-Nine, Happyish)

Dar Williams ’89—Singer and songwriter in folk-pop music with many albums (The Honesty Room, The Pagans and the Christians, In the Time of the Gods)

Christopher Wink ’83—Founder of the Blue Man Group and Blue Man Creativity Center

Daniel Wolf ’79—Massachusetts state senator, the Cape and Islands district

Frank Wood ’83—Tony award-winning actor in theater, film, and television